Implement Event Handling for cheetahR

[olajoke]

Description

Cheetah Grid offers event listeners for dynamic user interaction (e.g., click, DoubleClick). Implementing event handling in CheetahR will enable users to capture and respond to interactions, particularly useful in Shiny apps. This will make CheetahR more interactive, allowing users to capture clicks, selections, and key presses, similar to reactable or DT.

Why do Events Matter?

• Interactivity: Users can click on rows or cells to trigger actions (e.g., opening details, filtering data).
• Shiny Integration: Capturing events in R will allow users to update inputs, trigger actions, or modify UI components in real time.
• Keyboard Navigation: Enabling keyboard events can improve accessibility and usability.

Reference Documentation

👉 Cheetah Grid Events API

Task Breakdown

• Expose JavaScript Event Listeners to R
• Modify the JavaScript widget code to capture events

[olajoke]

All available actions:

• CLICK_CELL
• SELECTED_CELL
• MOUSEMOVE_CELL
• MOUSEENTER_CELL -> TBD
• SCROLL -> TBD
• CHANGED_VALUE

Another task:

• Make the output of the event values received from JS nicer for R

What do we actually want to support?

Click and drag multi-selection
Shift click multi selection
Ctrl/Cmd multi selection?